This file photo from 2011 shows 'Ridge and Furrow' being installed on the T. Anne Cleary Walkway on the University of Iowa campus.

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Kathlyn Johnson
| Guest Opinion

It sits in the middle of a walkway, forcing everybody to walk around it while hurrying to class: a Moses boulder, of sorts, parting a sea of students. The grooves etched onto its smooth surface create a maze that zigs and zags. It's also grey and lumpy.

At first glance, I couldn't tell what it was. I stared at it as I walked by, headed toward my first college class. I wondered why a weird maze-boulder was sitting outside the Pomerantz Center on the T. Anne Cleary Walkway. Last time I checked, on Day Two of freshman orientation at the University of Iowa, the walkway was clear.